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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 205
Direct and Indirect Evidence
Some evidence proves a fact directly, such as a witness’s testimony about what [he/she]
actually saw, heard, or did.
Some evidence proves a fact indirectly. Indirect evidence is also called circumstantial
evidence.
An example of direct evidence is a witness testifying that she saw an airplane flying
across the sky. An example of indirect evidence is a witness testifying that she saw only the
white trail that an airplane leaves behind it in the sky. In both of these examples, the witnesses
are testifying that an airplane flew across the sky.
It makes no difference whether evidence is direct or indirect. You may choose to believe
or not believe either kind of evidence. You should give every piece of evidence whatever weight
you think it should have.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 205 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
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- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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